Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Is That Enough to Eat?

The women from various households were busy preparing dinner while discussing the happenings in the Liew Family.

Liew Sanya hadn’t woken up yet, but Mrs. Liew Sr. had, and she was both crying and shouting, which led to the men in her family giving her a beating and scolding.

She’s now quietly sobbing as she prepares for dinner.

The Liew Family isn’t composed of good people, though Liew Sanhan’s reputation in the village is somewhat decent.

He doesn’t talk much on a daily basis and doesn’t really involve himself in family matters, usually busy either working in the fields or chopping wood in the mountains.

However, this time, due to the trouble caused by his wife and daughter, Liew Sanhan couldn’t take it anymore and gave his wife a sound beating.

Mrs. Liew Sr. naturally wouldn’t allow Liew Sanhan to beat her, but the daughters-in-law took advantage of the situation under the pretense of trying to mediate, holding her arms so she couldn’t resist and ended up taking several blows.

The father-in-law, who usually didn’t manage household affairs, finally broke his silence, hitting the mother-in-law and rearranging management of the household affairs.

The mother-in-law went from being the manager who only gave orders to having to take care of the meals for the whole family, as well as looking after Liew Sanya like an old maid.

When it came to cooking, the daughters-in-law would help, but no sister-in-law was willing to take care of the utterly disgraced sister-in-law.

Mrs. Liew Sr. wanted to resist, but just a hint of defiance earned her another beating.

The drama in the Liew Family became a hot topic of discussion among the villagers.

Meanwhile, Qi Manman had no idea about the adults’ matters.

The little girl awoke when the sun was setting in the west.

Upon waking, the little girl saw Brother Shi still asleep beside her and immediately reached out her chubby little hand to pinch Brother Shi’s nose.

Qi Shilang was sleeping soundly but suddenly couldn’t catch his breath.

He held it in for a while, his little face turning red, and finally burst into tears with a loud cry.

The Qi Family was startled and hurried over to see what was happening.

They only saw Qi Manman sitting innocently to the side, pointing at the crying Brother Shi, saying, “Brother Shi was sleeping and suddenly started crying; maybe he wet the bed.”

Ai Zhaodi made an “ayyo” sound and quickly reached out to feel her son’s bottom.

Her hand found it dry as a bone, no trace of urine, not even a drop of sweat.

“No pee here either!”

Ai Zhaodi was puzzled and quickly felt her son’s forehead.

The temperature was normal, and there was no fever.

Now thoroughly confused, Ai Zhaodi could only pat her son’s arm, “Xiao Shi, wake up, did you have a nightmare?”

“Mom?”

Qi Shilang groggily opened his eyes to see his mom’s worried eyes.

Smacking his lips, Qi Shilang added, “Mom, I almost ate a giant chicken leg, why did you call me?”

The unique childish voice, along with a bit of the confusion of just waking, and mentioning a giant chicken leg upon opening his mouth, instantly amused everyone around.

Ai Zhaodi’s heart settled, feeling both angry and amused, she pinch her son’s face in a mix of anger and amusement, “A giant chicken leg, a giant chicken leg, if you want a giant chicken leg, why are you crying?”

“I-I didn’t cry!”

Qi Shilang blinked his still somewhat sleepy eyes in confusion, “Mom, my chicken leg…”

“Alright, chicken leg, chicken leg, you look like a chicken leg! Quickly wash your face to refresh yourself, it’s almost time to eat.”

Seeing Qi Manman already climbing off the wooden cart, Ai Zhaodi couldn’t resist scolding her son: “Look at Manbao, she’s a younger sister and already knows to wash her face upon waking. Look at you, you’re a brother, why can’t you even match up to your sister?”

Qi Shilang looked over at Qi Manman, rubbed his eyes, and then said loudly, “Mom, Mom, I want to wash my face too! I’m a big brother, I can’t let my sister outdo me!”

A child’s competitive spirit, blooming suddenly like that.

After washing their faces, the two little ones squatted at a spot in the open field, pulling at the remaining few weeds.

“Brother Shi, do you want to eat a giant chicken leg?”

Qi Manman tilted her head, looking at Qi Shilang beside her.

Qi Shilang slurped and nodded, “Yeah! Chicken legs are so tasty to eat! Sister, don’t you like to eat them?”

Usually, Qi Shilang’s pronunciation of certain words was quite correct, but ever since playing with Qi Manman, the little guy’s pronunciation became inconsistent.

Qi Manman thought for a moment, then nodded, “Yeah! I like to eat them! Brother Shi, let’s go find some wild chickens to eat big chicken legs, shall we?”

Qi Shilang scratched his head, glanced in the direction where the cooking was happening at home, and said, “Sister, we have wild chickens at home.”

The Qi Family’s men, when first called back, had hunted two wild chickens, which were now cleaned and waiting to be cooked.

Qi Manman also looked in that direction, then shook her head and said very seriously, “Brother Shi, two aren’t enough to eat! Think about it, one for you, one for me, one for Grandpa, one for Grandma, then Brother Dalang, Brother Erlang, Brother Sanlang, Brother Silang…”

Qi Manman proceeded to name everyone in her family, then took a breath and continued, “Think about it, are the chicken legs from two wild chickens enough to eat?”

Listening to Qi Manman’s words, Qi Shilang started counting on his fingers, but soon got muddled.

Eventually, he could only scratch his head, asking Qi Manman in distress, “Sister, then, what do we do if there aren’t enough to eat?”

“We’ll go find more!”

Qi Manman said as she stood up and brushed off her chubby little hands, “Brother Shi, let’s go find Brother Dalang!”

“What for?”

Qi Shilang was even more puzzled.

Weren’t we talking about eating chicken legs, how did it suddenly turn into finding Brother Dalang?

Qi Manman pouted, “Brother Shi, the two of us can’t carry that many wild chickens!”

Qi Shilang looked down at his two small dirty hands, then at his chubby sister, and nodded, “Then let’s go find Brother Dalang!”

Holding hands, the two little ones began to walk toward the riverbank.

The family saw this and quickly stopped them, and only when they heard that they were going to find Qi Dalang, did everyone feel relieved.

Qi Dalang was at the riverbank with a few brothers, washing clothes.

Clothes washing in other households was typically women’s work.

But in the Qi Family, that wasn’t the case.

Especially without enough hot water to make warm water, any task involving cold water, like washing clothes and dishes, was all done by the men in the family.

The villagers had long become accustomed to such scenes.

The women in the village envied the women in the Qi Family, but envy was useless.

Not even their men, not even sons, would lend a helping hand.

Qi Dalang was wringing out clothes when he heard his little sister calling him sweetly.

“Brother Dalang! Brother Dalang!”

Beside him, Qi Shilang also quickly followed, calling Brother Dalang.

The two young voices sounded at the same time, filling Qi Dalang’s face with smiles, and his heart was filled with sweetness.

Look at that, such privilege was exclusive to him, the eldest brother, among the siblings!

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